[2] Pushing banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-administration-pushes-banks-to-make-home-loans-to-people-with-weaker-credit/2013/04/02/a8b4370c-9aef-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html

[8] Letting white collar criminals know that they have free rein to do whatever they want, and they won’t be prosecuted: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/03/the-government-has-it-bass-ackwards-failing-to-prosecute-criminal-fraud-by-the-big-banks-is-killing-the-economy.html

[24] caused many of our problems in the first place: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/bernanke-is-either-not-very-bright-or-not-very-honest-he-admits-he-doesnt-know-why-we-have-a-weak-economy-but-hes-the-one-who-weakened-it.html

[25] too much power for the good of the economy: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/10/economists-occupy-and-end-the-fed.html

[27] caused the last crisis: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/08/bis-slammed-federal-reserve-and-other-central-banks-for-blowing-bubbles-and-then-using-gimmicks-and-palliatives-which-will-only-make-things-worse.html

[29] back to pre-crash levels: http://wonkwire.rollcall.com/2013/03/07/leverage-back-to-pre-recession-levels/

[30] main causes of the crash: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/04/excessive-leverage-helped-cause-the-great-depression-and-the-current-crisis-and-government-responds-by-encouraging-more-leverage.html